Kerry Ross

Kerry Ross is an Associate Professor at DePaul University, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences and the Department of History and Global Asian Studies. She specializes in modern Japanese social and cultural history, with a focus on photography, gender, and middle-class formation.

• Education: Ph.D. from Columbia University

Her research interests include:

• Modern Japanese social and cultural history
• History of Japanese photography
• Gender in Japanese history
• Formation of Japanese middle classes
• East Asian social and cultural history

Her scholarly work examines the intersection of photography, consumer culture, and social identity in early 20th-century Japan. Key publications analyze topics like hobby photography, camera clubs, and colonial-era visual representation.